Mrs. Ruby Louise Maxwell Smith, 93

Garland Mrs. Ruby Louise Maxwell Smith, 93, of 14987 Highway 242 North, passed away Saturday at her home. A funeral service will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2009 at 11:00 am at Briar Branch Baptist Church with the Rev. Neil Smith officiating. Burial will follow at Old Bluff Presbyterian Church Cemetery. Mrs. Smith was a native of Cumberland County, the daughter of the late Bunion "Bunny" Maxwell and Lillie Belle Melvin Maxwell. She was a homemaker and was preceded in death by her husband, Henry B. Smith and four sons, Dan, Laverne, Lacy and Charlie. Mrs. Smith is survived by: five daughters, Ruby Eldridge Hudson, of New Bern, Mary L. Parker, of Garland, Brenda Hales, of Roseboro, Peggy Little, of Siler City and Effie Kay McDuffie, of Garland; son, Kenneth Smith, of White Oak; 26 grandchildren; 54 great-grandchildren and 19 great-great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends on Tuesday night from 6-8 pm at Butler Funeral Home in Roseboro. Online condolences may be made at butlerfh.com